{"id":17517,"date":"2026-06-20T12:57:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/agresults-conducts-induction-workshop-for-new-implementers\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:20:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:20:37","slug":"agresults-conducts-induction-workshop-for-new-implementers","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/agresults-conducts-induction-workshop-for-new-implementers\/","title":{"rendered":"AgResults conducts induction workshop for new implementers"},"content":{"rendered":"To provide safe crops, better health, and higher income, the\u00a0Agresult Aflasafe\u2122pilot<\/a>\u00a0project recently held its third annual induction workshop for 16 new implementers that will\u00a0 facilitate the adoption of\u00a0Aflasafe<\/a>\u00a0and work with smallholder farmers to increase the productivity and profitability of their aflasafe-treated maize. The workshop was held 16-18 March at the Conference Center, IITA-Ibadan.\n
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AgResults implementers visit the aflasafe plant in IITA, Ibadan.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe project is experiencing an exponential increase in the buy-in of implementers and the adoption of\u00a0Aflasafe<\/a>\u00a0by farmers in Nigeria. During the first\u00a0 year, 1,000 farmers participated and over 2,000 tons of aflasafe-treated maize were aggregated\u2014meaning, maize brought to collection points by project participants. In the second year over 6,000 farmers participated, and 9,000 tons of aflasafe-treated maize were aggregated. By the third year, nearly 35,000 participating farmers are expected to produce 100,000 tons of high-Aflasafe\u2122 maize\u2014maize that is free from aflatoxin contamination.\n\nMoreover, the number of implementers or aggregators working with these smallholders to improve the quality and quantity of maize produced has increased from 4 at the initial stage to 16 implementers last year; now the project is inducting 16 new companies. The numbers are expected to grow in the coming years.\n\nA new implementer, Femi Osunraye of Business Support Academy, commented: \u201cWhen we saw the advertisement in the newspaper, we decided to apply for the program because it\u2019s in line with what we do business-wise\u2026 Financially, the incentives are lucrative and can be shared between our organization and farmers. Secondly, as a business, we believe it\u2019s part of our social responsibility to provide safe food for Nigerians as well as help farmers improve their livelihoods.\u201d\n\nThe project exploits the principles of the \u201cpull mechanism<\/a>\u201d to successfully promote and disseminate Aflasafe. The project encourages private sector-driven and profit-oriented agriculture and provides smallholders with economic incentives for adopting Aflasafe\u2122. The structure of the pull mechanism features per-unit payments for performance that is tied to the number of kilograms of maize treated with aflasafe\u2122 collected from maize aggregators.\n\nTolu Owolabi, a representative from the\u00a0Babban Gona<\/a>\u00a0farmers\u2019 group, said: \u201cOne of the project\u2019s greatest benefits is that it has added value to the maize that we produce in Nigeria especially for our farmers. Right now agriculture is again becoming a key economic driver in Nigeria, and there is a need for our farmers to be encouraged to be able to get more money for their products. Through the project, we\u2019ve been able to improve the quality of our maize and encourage export; this can increase the value for our farmers. Currently, our farmers are beginning to have so much pride in knowing that what they produce has value\u2026 they earn three times more for their produce. They now have more money in their pockets; they are free to achieve more dreams, they are free to dream more dreams.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt isn\u2019t business as usual with AgResults. It is a market-oriented and profit-driven project where the implementers and the smallholder farmers jointly drive the project as a business to create the required sustainability within the value chain,\u201d explained\u00a0Debo Akande<\/a>, AgResults Project Manager. \u201cTo achieve such sustainability requires a paradigm shift on the part of farmers and implementers; we are seeing that already. In this workshop, the new inductees have been taken through processes of understanding what it means to conduct agriculture as a business. They\u2019ve learned what agribusiness is all about. They now know the difference between doing agriculture as subsistence and producing for business,\u201d he concluded.\n\nAnother key milestone for the project was the active participation of representatives from major financial institutions in Nigeria at the workshop. Access to credit is a major concern for farmers and was addressed during the meeting. \u201cOne lesson we\u2019ve learned is that access to finance is a key problem for most smallholders and organizations that are working with them. This year, we invited representatives from seven leading banks in Nigeria to promote their banking services on agribusiness financing. They\u2019ve developed precise financial loan packages for implementers on the project,\u201d Akande further explained.\n\nAyo Shola, a representative from Ecobank, commenting on providing loans to farmers and agribusiness organizations, said: \u201cCrops are high-risk products. We have to consider all aspects of the request to mitigate risk\u2026 For example, traditionally the farmer only harvests 1 ton of maize per hectare; but with what we have seen and heard in this workshop, farmers can actually produce about 5 tons per hectare. With such knowledge from IITA on the available technologies for boosting production, financial institutions will be willing to invest in farmers who use such technologies because we know that the farmer\u2019s business is now based on what the research says he or she will get and the markets available. It\u2019s all about mitigating risks.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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